This Day in HistoryJuly 31, 1970: Ending a tradition dating to the mid-1600s, the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy issues sailors their last daily ration of rum.

Number to Know70: The number of milliliters in a traditional Royal Navy daily ration of rum; about 1.5 standard shots.

Website of the Day: RumRatingshttp://www.rumratings.comAn online rum community for rum aficionados, with ratings and discussions.

Today’s Featured BirthdayJ.K. Rowling, English author and creator of the “Harry Potter” franchise, 49.

Daily Quote“Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticized only by fools.” — J.K. Rowling